Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

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Number of Awards: 145
Total Amount Awarded: $82,450,594

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2014	CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection -- Division of Scientific Services and the CT Division of Criminal Justice 2014 DNA Project	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	CT Division of Criminal Justice	CT	2014-DN-BX-K080	$269,973	Closed
2017	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	OH	2017-DN-BX-0168	$975,401	Closed
2012	Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S.	NIJ FY 12 Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition	University of Massachusetts Lowell	MA	2012-IJ-CX-0052	$1,197,686	Closed
2010	Deterrence and the Death Penalty	NIJ FY 10 ORE Continuations	National Academy of Sciences	DC	2010-IJ-CX-0018	$85,000	Closed
2001	Development of Crime Forecasting and Mapping Systems for Use by Police	Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	2001-IJ-CX-0018	$233,500	Closed
2008	Development of Methods for Estimating Postmortem Internal and Body relocation based on Biomarkers of Human Decomposition Ecology	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	American Registry of Patholgoy	MD	2008-DN-BX-K165	$270,390	Closed
2008	Discourses of Death: Language, Juries and "Future Danger" in Texas Death Penalty Trials	NIJ FY 09 ORE Graduate Research Fellowship	The Regents of the University of California	CA	2009-IJ-CX-0005	$20,000	Closed
2008	Do Domestic Violence Courts Reduce Recidivism? A Statewide Impact Evaluation in New York	NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women	Fund for the City of New York / Center for Court Innovation	NY	2008-WG-BX-0001	$278,824	Closed
2015	Enhancement of the Forensic Biology Lab of the York County Sheriff's Office	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	County of York	SC	2015-DN-BX-0100	$100,000	Closed
2021	Evaluability assessment and development of psychological and behavioral health approaches to prevent terrorism and facilitate reintegration of violent extremists.	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF	MA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02727-DOMR	$981,026	Open
2013	Evaluating the Effect of Holistic Indigent Defense Services on Case Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in the Bronx	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems: Investigator-Initiated	RAND Corporation	CA	2013-IJ-CX-0027	$334,998	Closed
2015	Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	2015-R2-CX-0041	$39,823	Closed
2012	Examining the Effectiveness of Indigent Defense Team Services: A Multisite Evaluation of Holistic Defense in Practice	NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense	National Center for State Courts	VA	2012-R2-CX-0011	$628,000	Closed
2009	Examining the Policies, Practices, and Implications of Collecting DNA from Arrestees	NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Science	The Urban Institute	DC	2009-DN-BX-0004	$314,024	Closed
2013	Expanding Postconviction DNA Testing for Innocent Washington Prisoners	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Washington State Patrol	WA	2013-DY-BX-K005	$472,170	Closed
2014	Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Abt Associates Inc.	MA	2014-R2-CX-0006	$492,113	Closed
2004	EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PROSECUTION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY PROSECUTION	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation	National District Attorneys Association	VA	2004-PP-CX-0002	$385,000	Closed
2013	Florida State University and Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Proposal to enhance evidence-based juvenile justice research and policy.	NIJ FY 13 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Parterships	Florida State University	FL	2013-R2-CX-0009	$495,329	Closed
2011	Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in a Statewide Sample of Sexual Assault Cases	NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2011-WG-BX-0005	$97,519	Closed
2013	Forensic Markers of Physical Elder Abuse: Establishing a Medical Characterization and Identifying the Criminal Justice Approach to Investigation and Prosecution	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	University of Southern California	CA	2013-IJ-CX-0025	$518,327	Closed
2006	From Inception to Implementation: How the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act has affected the case processing and sentencing of drug offenders in one California county	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007	The Regents of the University of California	CA	2007-IJ-CX-0031	$19,991	Closed
2015	FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Fort Worth	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Fort Worth	TX	2015-DN-BX-0038	$87,759	Closed
2015	FY 2015 City of Phoenix Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program.	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Phoenix Police Department	AZ	2015-DN-BX-0122	$451,749	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2015-DN-BX-0112	$598,279	Closed
2015	FY 2015 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2015-DN-BX-0009	$519,795	Closed